Question follow-through · 12655

Advisory Services: Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has undertaken an evaluation of the Mid-life MOT initiative.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
6 Nov 2024
Answer
12 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has undertaken an evaluation of the Mid-life MOT initiative.

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Midlife MOT is designed to help individuals in their 40s and 50s to stay in and return to work. Midlife MOT sessions are delivered through Jobcentre Plus for Universal Credit claimants aged 50+. The research on these sessions is currently ongoing and ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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